Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The tiles I use #2

So yesterday I wrote about vitreous glass, the first material I use. Today I'll write about all the rest. First, we have stained glass, everyone knows what it is. There are different kinds of stained glass, the more textured, the harder to cut accurately. the flat colored are usually used for fused glass and it's more expensive.

The others are ceramics. I don't use that much because I like to mix different materials, and the ceramics that are sold in USA are all thicker than the vitreous glass. So I only use the ceramics that I brought from Chile, which are just slightly thicker than my vitreous and I can just add them to the composition. They come in a lot of colors, but I only have a few, that are also very special because were treated with glass paint and colored glass, then put in the oven (or kiln) and the glass melted so it sticks to the ceramic. That's why it has dots and texture. I love them! They come in a 6"x6" format, so they allow for bigger cuts, just like glass.
Finally, I use mirror, glass gems in different sizes, and fused glass tiles (last picture). I also have another things waiting to be used but I haven't found their place in the world, yet.
Later: TOOLS

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